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EN 1.3551 Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3551 steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3551 steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
890 to 1490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 530
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1490
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.6
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.9
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.9
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 71
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 82
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
15
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.8
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.77 to 0.85
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 88.8 to 91.1
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 4.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.9 to 1.1
0